fasting

Questions about fasting

What does fasting mean?

fasting means "abstaining from food".

How many syllables are in fasting?

fasting has 2 syllables: fas-ting. The stress falls on "fas". In IPA it is /ˈfæstɪŋ/.

What is another word for fasting?

Close synonyms include fast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fasting a common word?

fasting is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.